Israeli Hermes 450 UAV Crashed in Lebanon

Israel stresses that the drone, which was reportedly armed with four missiles, was not shot down but suffered a technical malfunction. In 2015, a UAV of the same type fell off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon

An Israeli drone has crashed in southern Lebanon, between the villages of Beit Yahoun and Baraachit, the Lebanese al-Manar TV reported on Saturday. The drone was later identified as a Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle that had fallen with four missiles.

According to the report, a second Israeli aircraft then fired at the drone and destroyed it.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed that an unmanned aerial vehicle had fallen within Lebanon overnight, and credited it to a technical failure. The IDF said it is investigating the incident.

In 2015, a UAV of the same type fell off the coast of Tripoli in Lebanon. The drone was loaded onto a truck and apparently found its way to either Iran, China, or Russia for reverse engineering.